FRANK ABBOTT (46) BCom, CA (SA), MBL TED GROBICKI (52) BSc (Hons) (Geology), MSc (Mineral Exploration) (London), PrSciNat, FIMM LORD RENWICK OF CLIFTON KCMG (63) ADAM FLEMING (53) BERNARD SWANEPOEL (40) BSc (Mining Engineering), BCom (Hons) FERDI DIPPENAAR (40) BProc, BCom, MBA GORDON SIBIYA (54) Pr Eng, MSc (Elec. Eng), PhD (Nuclear Eng) MIKE PLEMING (65) PREng SIAMM AIDAN EDWARDS (63) FREng, BSc (Eng) Met, DIC, PhD
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Directorate:
1 Frank Abbott Financial Director
2 Ted Grobicki Executive Director - Australian Operations
3 Lord Renwick of Clifton KCMG Non-Executive Chairman
4 Adam Fleming Non-Executive Director

5 Bernard Swanepoel Chief Executive
6 Ferdi Dippenaar Marketing Director
7 Gordon Sibiya Non-Executive Director
8 Mike Pleming Non-Executive Director
9 Aidan Edwards Non-Executive Director

 

FRANK ABBOTT (46) BCom, CA (SA), MBL
Financial director since 1997.
Frank Abbott joined the Rand Mines/Barlow Rand Group in 1981, where he obtained broad financial management experience at operational level. He was appointed financial controller to the newly formed Randgold in 1992 and promoted to financial director of that group in October 1994. Until 1997, he was also a director of the gold mining companies Blyvooruitzicht, Buffelsfontein, Durban Roodepoort Deep and East Rand Proprietary Mines and a non-executive director of Harmony, which culminated in his appointment as financial director of Harmony in the same year.

TED GROBICKI (52) BSc (Hons) (Geology), MSc (Mineral Exploration) (London), PrSciNat, FIMM
Executive director since 1999.
Ted Grobicki was appointed as non-executive director in 1994. In 1979 he was appointed chief executive of Texas Gulf Inc South Africa, and has since served at a senior executive level in a wide range of public and private companies in the mining sector. With Harmony’s merger with Kalgold and West Rand Cons. in 1999, he was appointed as executive director focussing on new business. Ted has 29 years’ experience in all aspects of the mining industry, including exploration, evaluation, development, mine management and financial and corporate management. He oversees Harmony’s Australian operations.

LORD RENWICK OF CLIFTON KCMG (63)
Non-executive chairman since 1999.
Having formerly served as British Ambassador to South Africa and the United States, Lord Renwick is Vice Chairman, Investment Banking of JP Morgan plc. He is also Chairman of Fluor Ltd and serves on the boards of a number of other public companies including British Airways, South African Breweries and Richemont.

ADAM FLEMING (53)
Non-executive director since 1999.
Adam Fleming joined the investment bank, Robert Fleming, in 1970. He worked for Jardine Fleming in the far East in the 1970s and joined the main board in 1985. He moved to South Africa to open and expand the group’s offices in southern Africa in 1991. Adam retired as deputy chairman of Robert Fleming Holdings and joined the Harmony board as chairman in 1999. He also serves on the boards of Mercury World Mining Trust plc and Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc.

BERNARD SWANEPOEL (40) BSc (Mining Engineering), BCom (Hons)
Chief executive since 1995.
Bernard Swanepoel has led the team responsible for Harmony's transformation from a lease bound, ailing operation to a growth company that can deliver on shareholder value. He started his career in gold mining at Grootvlei in 1983. As part of his training he spent time on various Gengold operations including Kinross (Evander) and Barberton. He then moved into senior management with the Gengold group, culminating in his appointment as general manager and a director of Beatrix Mines in 1993. He joined Randgold in 1995 as Managing Director of Harmony and has been the driving force in making the company the sixth largest independent gold producer in the world.

FERDI DIPPENAAR (40) BProc, BCom, MBA
Marketing director since 1997.
Ferdi Dippenaar started his career at Buffelsfontein gold mine in 1983 and took his degrees through part-time study while employed in various financial and administrative capacities at Gengold mines. In 1996 he became managing director of Grootvlei and of East Rand Proprietary Mines. Following Harmony’s acquisition of Grootvlei and Cons Modder, he was appointed marketing director of Harmony in 1997. He oversees Harmony’s refinery and direct marketing activities, as well as the company’s investor relations programme.

GORDON SIBIYA (54) Pr Eng, MSc (Elec. Eng), PhD (Nuclear Eng)
Non-executive director since 2000.
Following Harmony’s acquisition of Randfontein Estates Limited early last year, Gordon Sibiya was appointed a non-executive director of Harmony in July 2000. He is a director of several companies, including Afrox, Honeywell and Babcock Africa. Some of his accomplishments include leading the processes of drafting South Africa’s first White Paper on Energy Policy, as well as the Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Safety and Gas Regulatory Bills, which have become legislation. He is chairman of the Ministerial Independent Review Panel at the DME/PBMR.

MIKE PLEMING (65) PREng SIAMM
Non-executive director since 1998.
Mike Pleming started his career in mining engineering on the Zambian Copperbelt. He joined Trans Natal (now Ingwe) in 1975 as general manager, Optimum Collieries and was later appointed project manager and consulting engineer. He joined Liberty Asset Management in 1982 where he was responsible for mining investment research. He retired in 1995 and has since undertaken a series of mining investment related assignments. Following Harmony’s acquisition of Evander in 1998, he joined the company as a non-executive director. He is also a director of Impala Platinum Holdings Limited.

AIDAN EDWARDS (63) FREng, BSc (Eng) Met, DIC, PhD
Non-executive director since 2000.
Aidan Edwards has a strong metallurgical and entrepreneurial background through his association with the world-renowned minerals research and development institute, Mintek, of which he was president until recently. He was appointed non-executive director in July 2000 and will assist in Harmony’s product research and development initiatives. He has successfully promoted the well known MAP-educational programme, in which a number of industries now participate. This programme contributes to the production of well trained matriculants from previously disadvantaged communities. His most recent achievement is his appointment to the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom. He serves on a number of boards engaged in platinum and industrial minerals.